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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jean Hagen (born Jean Shirley Verhagen, August 3, 1923 – August 29, 1977) was an American actress best known for her role as Lina Lamont in Singin' in the Rain (1952), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Hagen was also nominated three times for an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Margaret Williams (1953–56) on the television series Make Room For Daddy. Her film debut was as a comical femme fatale in the Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn 1949 classic Adam's Rib, directed by George Cukor. The Asphalt Jungle (1950) provided Hagen with her first starring role alongside Sterling Hayden. Hagen received excellent reviews playing "Doll" Conover, a woman who sticks by criminal Dix's side until the bitter end. She appeared too in the film noir Side Street (1950) playing a...
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The Andy Griffith ShowSeries • 1960
Wagon TrainSeries • 1957
Dr. KildareSeries • 1961
Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreSeries • 1956
Climax!Series • 1954
Starsky & HutchSeries • 1975
Ben CaseySeries • 1961
Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries • 1955
The Streets of San FranciscoSeries • 1972
The DetectivesSeries • 1959
The Ford Television TheatreSeries • 1952
The Danny Thomas ShowSeries • 1953
The DuPont Show with June AllysonSeries • 1959
Westinghouse Desilu PlayhouseSeries • 1958
Singin' in the RainMovie • 1952
Stagecoach WestSeries • 1960
The Asphalt JungleMovie • 1950
Adam's RibMovie • 1949
The Big KnifeMovie • 1955
Dead RingerMovie • 1964
The Shaggy DogMovie • 1959
A Life of Her OwnMovie • 1950
Panic in Year Zero!Movie • 1962
Becoming MarilynMovie • 2022